Books You Enjoy

Xombie · Post by **Xombie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:10 pm

My favorite series: Song of Ice & Fire by George R.R. Martin
Second favorite: Wheel of Time

After that it gets more difficult since I like so many of them. I really liked Stephen King's Dark Tower series... but only books 1-3 (or was it just 1 & 2?)

I recently read books 1-3 in Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch series and enjoyed them. First time reading Russian books. Translated into English, of course.

I usually go for Science Fiction, Fantasy or some Mystery. I like a few humor series like Terry Pratchett's stuff. The Mystery ones... I really like Nero Wolfe and Reginald Hill's stuff.

Long commute to work gives me time to read (when I should be studying). Biggest pet peeve - when authors don't play by their own rules.

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:26 pm

Isaac Asimov, especially
- The Foundation Trilogy
- The End of Eternity
- Nightfall (short story)

the "Ender's Game" novels by Orson Scott Card
(parts 1-3 are good, the later ones are a bit too "crazy")

of course "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"...

and some non-Sci-Fi:
the "Alex Cross" Novels by James Patterson

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:36 pm

There's only one book for me, written by Kale

PB · Post by PB » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:44 pm

bembulak · Post by **bembulak** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:45 pm

R.A. Wilsons Illuminatus Triology
(and of course everything of R.A.W.)

German Autor Markus Heitz: "the dwarfs", "war of the dwarfs" and "revenge of the dwarfs", everything he wrote for the "ShadowRun"-Universe!

Isaac Asimov - Foundation Triology

There are also lots of good Computer/Programming Books I enjoy.

Also: Underground Book (free download)

Just for Fun - Linus on Inventing Linux

Clifford Stoll - Coccoos Egg. (Astronom catches german KGB Hackers - true story)

Dan Milman - path of the peacefull warrior and more

Aleister Crowley - nearly everything

William Gibson - Neuromancer (a must have!!!)

Lots of Comics and grafical novells...

Puh... I've got so many books. My wife and me have nearly 2000.

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:46 pm

Madonna had a good book some time ago

milan1612 · Post by **milan1612** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:49 pm

Xombie · Post by **Xombie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:54 pm

I probably should have made it more fiction book related.

Neuromancer is great as is most of William Gibson's stuff. I also like Richard Morgan's Kovacs series. Similar to Neuromancer in many ways and yet good by itself.

Neil Gaiman usually writes good books (and a couple comic books) but I have to say I like his lighter books more than his main ones. I really liked his collaboration with Terry Pratchett on ... aw heck... I've been up for 20 hours and can't remember the name of that book. I also really liked Gaiman's Anansi Boys.

I can't say I got into the Ender books much beyond the first one. After that they went into some other realm. It's like he made a completely different series and just named the main character the same. But then, I can't seem to get into his writing style that much.

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:56 pm

Daniel Eastermans books.
e.g. The Last Assasin, The Seventh Sanctuary, Brotherhood of the Tomb, Night of the seventh Darkness.
All these are generally very graphically brutal reading & considering they were mostly written in the 80's some are quite a chilling ( yet vague )prediction of what our little world has come to with all the terror shit that is happening nowadays.

Some of the Dan Brown books.
e.g The Davinci Code, Deception Point, Angels & Demons

Tipperton · Post by **Tipperton** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:57 pm

For entertainment I mostly read fantasies and ocassionaly science fiction:

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings
Dennis McKiernan: Mithgar series
Robert Jordan: Wheel of Time series

Xombie · Post by **Xombie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:59 pm

Dan Brown!

I liked the first book of his that I read. And the second was okay but vaguely familiar. By the third I realized that he has some book program that he just changes a few minor variables and it spits out a new book for him. Seriously. Although I'm sad to say I still read all of them because I'm a sucker for those kinds of books. I felt guilty the whole time, though. Really.

dell_jockey · Post by **dell_jockey** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:01 pm

Paul Kennedy - "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers"

Xombie · Post by **Xombie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:05 pm

Oh heck! I almost forgot Tim Powers. I accidentally stumbled on his books a few months back and really enjoyed them. The Anubis Gates and Declare were excellent books.

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:09 pm

Xombie wrote:Dan Brown! I liked the first book of his that I read. And the second was okay but vaguely familiar. By the third I realized that he has some book program that he just changes a few minor variables and it spits out a new book for him. Seriously. Although I'm sad to say I still read all of them because I'm a sucker for those kinds of books. I felt guilty the whole time, though. Really.

Agree totally & like you I am just a sucker always looking for that great suspense filled thriller

p.s. If you can force your way through the 1st 2 or 3 chapters of a Daniel Easterman book as they are generally pretty hard going @ the start, they are really good books along similar lines to Dan Brown, except I find them generally edging him all round. ( The Last Assasin is a goody from my memory )

bembulak · Post by **bembulak** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:10 pm

How could I forget about "Discworld" (Terry Pratchett) and Dan Brown?

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